Nails in trees

[stihlmadasever]

As the title said nails in trees,went through 2x chains on the 261 and 1 on the 038av today because some thick sod put nails into a cherry tree,probably banged them in with his neandethal head the moron.

Dead cherry take down this morning easy wee morning morning job i thought....not how it turned out.

Im sure some of you guys can sympathise and have come across the same issue.

Does putting nails into trees actually have an effect on the tree anyway??

The tree was dead...

[treequip]

Does putting nails into trees actually have an effect on the tree anyway??

 

It makes then a little heavier, other than that, nothing you would notice

[stihlmadasever]

It makes then a little heavier, other than that, nothing you would notice

 

[Shane]

Some people put nails in trees to hold up bird boxes rather than an attempt to kill the tree or screw over a tree surgeon.

 

What height were the nails at?

 

We took out a dead walnut today 30'' DBH and our 3120 found a nail at 6ft height after we had checked it as best we could.

 

I didn't assume it was done by a neanderthal moron though.

[eggsarascal]

As the title said nails in trees,went through 2x chains on the 261 and 1 on the 038av today because some thick sod put nails into a cherry tree,probably banged them in with his neandethal head the moron.

Dead cherry take down this morning easy wee morning morning job i thought....not how it turned out.

Im sure some of you guys can sympathise and have come across the same issue.

Does putting nails into trees actually have an effect on the tree anyway??

The tree was dead...

 

Morning, morning!

 

Some of these morons want to take a look closer to home.

[stihlmadasever]

Some people put nails in trees to hold up bird boxes rather than an attempt to kill the tree or screw over a tree surgeon.

 

What height were the nails at?

 

We took out a dead walnut today 30'' DBH and our 3120 found a nail at 6ft height after we had checked it as best we could.

 

I didn't assume it was done by a neanderthal moron though.

 

Loads of nails from knee height to over my head height 5'11 and only a couple higher up

[jomoco]

One of the reasons I cut lower trunk wood last, or sometimes not at all.

 

Removing older than you are fat boy tree species can hold big surprises.

 

Ancient old Cal Peppers with their heavily buttressed but hollow trunks are a prime example. Once into them about 18 inches or so, wham! From any point on the radius, on over a dozen downtown removals! Finall brought in a big trackhoe to tear them out. Turns out each hollow stump was filled with about three feet of fist sized rocks, put there by some horrendous flood back in the 50's!

 

Jomoco

[gdh]

Nails drive me mad on the firewood processor, we're pretty lucky though since you only tend to get them from hedge thinnings where someone's been lazy with a fence. The worst thing is finding netting in a tree from a really old fence when you're felling.

 

Speaking of stones in trees I blunted 2 chains on our processor (thought the first one had blunted naturally) a few weeks ago on an 18 inch Ash log.

[daveindales]

Rather hit a nail than a stone any day. Get used to them. Their part of the job.

[Stubby]

Rather hit a nail than a stone any day. Get used to them. Their part of the job.

 

This . I cut a big old holly and found a " victorian " nail about an 1" out from the center . Trunk was about 24" diameter so must have been put in when it was young . Probably as a fence post .